Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Phu Thai	Thailand	504,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	10
	Taungyo	Myanmar (Burma)	46,000	Taungyo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Khotogoid	Mongolia	9,200	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jad	India	2,500	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Bumthangpa	Bhutan	23,000	Bumthangkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kachin	India	37,000	Jingpho	Buddhism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Phu Thai	Laos	241,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Burmese	Malaysia	33,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Thailand	212,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Burmese	United Kingdom	15,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Thai	United Kingdom	55,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United States	235,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Thai	Italy	5,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Malaysia	153,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Thai	Sweden	33,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chak, Thet	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Danau	Myanmar (Burma)	5,700	Danau	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Japanese	Thailand	71,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	230,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	4 New Testament	5
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	16
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Yugur, Saragh	China	12,000	Yugur, West	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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